West of Yerevan
Tour 4:
4.2 Vagharshapat Churches
Vagharshapat is home to many ancient cultural and historical monuments. The historic sites of Vagharshapat city include the St. Hripsime, St. Shoghakat, St. Mary and St. Gayane Churches and their surroundings. These churches are great examples of the development of Armenian church architecture which has had a profound influence on the architecture and art in the entire region.
4.3 The Mother See
of Holy Echmiatsin
4.2 Vagharshapat
Churches
4.1 Musaler Memorial ParkMatenadaraCascade
4.4 Marchanents Tourism and Art Centre
4.5 Metsamor Fortress
4.6 Zvartnots
The Armenian
Apostolic Church
The Armenian Apostolic Church is considered to be the oldest national church in the world, and in 301 Armenia was the first to adopt Christianity as a state religion. It belongs to the Oriental Orthodoxy denying the definitions of the Chalcedon Council in 451. Hence, both Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches describe the Armenian Church as monophysite (Christ only has a single “nature”). However, the Armenian Church does not agree with this definition, Read More